This Lasagna Soup is hearty, satisfying, and pure coziness in a bowl.

Packed with all the flavors you love in classic lasagna Bolognese—homemade meat and tomato sauce, a touch of cream, tender lasagna noodles, and a dollop of cheesy perfection–made conveniently into a soup! It’s also a one-pot recipe, which means fewer dishes. Even better, it’s easy to make!

If you love classic lasagna, you’ll love this super flavorful and comforting soup!

Why You’ll Love This Soup

It tastes just like classic lasagna! All of the flavors of bolognese and besciamella (Italian bechamel) in one bowl.
It’s an easy, one-pot recipe. No layering, no cooking two different sauces in different pans, no extra work. Just an easy soup made all in the same pot.
It’s totally customizable. Just like regular lasagna, you can customize this and make it your own.
It’s absolutely LOADED with flavor! There’s nothing one-note about this soup. Instead of using store bought sauce, you build your own simple bolognese with veggies, ground beef, and Italian sausage, which adds layers of flavor. Adding a touch of cream at the end acts like the bechamel, and a dollop of ricotta parmesan mixture brings even more classic lasagna notes.

Overhead photo of Lasagna Soup in a green bowl. The soup is red in color, with lighter beige pieces of noodles, green parsley on top, and a dollop of white ricotta mixed with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.

What You Need for this Easy Lasagna Soup

This recipe has two main parts: the soup and the cheesy topping. Don’t be intimidated by the number of ingredients in the soup. Many of them are spices or canned items or other things that are easy to find, not too expensive, and not too hard to prepare.

Soup Ingredients

This soup has layers of flavors and textures, all of which make it taste just like a classic lasagna. To make it, you’ll need:

Meat – this recipe uses ground beef and pork Italian sausage.
Veggies – onion, carrots, and celery act as aromatics and provide the base of this soup.
Spices – you’l need dried oregano, dried basil, bay leaves, crushed red pepper, sea salt, and cracked black pepper.
Tomatoes – for this recipe, you’ll make your own bolognese of sorts instead of using jarred sauce. You’ll need tomato paste and crushed tomatoes for the tomato element here.
White wine – we deglaze the pan with white wine, but if you don’t want use alcohol, you can just replace this with more broth.
Veggie broth – we like the mild flavor of vegetable broth in this soup, but you could also use chicken broth if you prefer.
Parmesan cheese rind – trust us, this adds so much depth and cheesy flavor to the soup! You’ll already be using parmesan for the cheese topping, so just save the rind from that and toss it in the soup broth so that it can cook into everything and impart its flavor.
Heavy cream – adding cream to the soup balances out the acidity of the tomato sauce base and gives the soup a bechamel vibe.
Lasagna noodles – there’s no need to cook these beforehand. Just break them up into pieces and toss them into the soup! They’ll cook in the broth.
Parsley – we like to top our soup with chopped parsley, but it’s optional.

Cheese Topping

To give this lasagna soup extra classic lasagna notes, we mix the following cheeses together and use them as a topping on the soup:

Ricotta cheese – we like using whole milk ricotta for supreme creaminess.
Shredded part-skim mozzarella – shredding the cheese yourself ensures that it will mix in well with the ricotta.
Shredded parmesan – as with the mozzarella, we suggest shredding the parmesan yourself.

Green bowl filled with red Lasagna Soup in the background, with a close-up of a spoonful of soup in a gold spoon in the foreground.

How to Make this Easy Lasagna Soup

Step 1: Add olive oil to a Dutch oven or a large pot with a lid. Place the pot over medium heat.

Step 2: Remove three sausage links from their casings and add the sausage meat and the ground beef to the pot. Cook for 10 minutes or until the meat is mostly cooked through, breaking it up into chunks as it cooks.

Step 3: Toss in the onions, celery, and carrots, and season everything with salt, pepper, dried oregano, dried basil, and crushed red pepper. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the veggies have softened.

Step 4: Make a well in the center of the pot and add the tomato paste, then stir it in with the meat and veggies.

Step 5: Deglaze with the white wine and cook for a couple of minutes, then add the crushed tomatoes and the vegetable broth. If you’re not using wine, just replace it with more broth.

Step 6: Add the bay leaves and the parmesan cheese rind and bring the soup to a low boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover the pot, and cook for 30 minutes.

Step 7: Remove the lid of the pot and carefully skim off any excess fat on the surface of the soup (optional but recommended).

Step 8: Remove the bay leaves and parmesan rind, then add the broken up lasagna noodles to the pot and cook for 10 for 12 minutes or until they’re cooked to your liking.

Step 9: Stir in the heavy cream, then taste the soup for seasoning. If you want more salt or pepper, add it now.

Step 10: In a separate bowl, mix together the ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan cheeses until they’re combined.

Step 11: Ladle the soup into bowls and top each with a spoonful or 2 of the cheese mixture. Garnish with parsley, if desired.

Close up of a green bowl filled with red Lasagna Soup. In the soup are visible pieces of ground beef and Italian sausage, as well as broken up cooked lasagna noodles. The soup is garnished with green parsley and white ricotta mixed with parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. A gold soup spoon is in the soup bowl.

How to Customize this Recipe

We love this soup as is, but we also love the versatility of this recipe. Here are some ways you can make it your own:

Change the Protein. If you don’t like or eat beef or pork, you can use a different meat. Make this recipe with ground chicken or turkey and turkey or chicken Italian sausage. If you don’t eat meat at all, add 1 to 2 cans of white beans instead.
Change the Noodles. We like using broken up lasagna noodles here, but you could also use a different pasta. Try using macaroni pasta, penne, or rigatoni.
Add More Vegetables. If you want more veggies, try adding mushrooms and zucchini for additional nutrients and flavor.